Chapter 182: A Long History of Vampires

"The beasts of the wilderness shall meet the wolves, and the wild goats shall call at their mates, and there the monsters of the night shall take refuge, and seek a resting place for themselves."

Su Qi looked through the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament and found this passage.

"Monster of the night, is this what we're looking for, isn't it too shabby?"

The main content of the Old Testament of the Bible is some stories of gods, and the focus of expression is more on the worship of the divine nature of the Lord, and there are not many other details.

The Daredevil of Eden, the monster of the night

"But there are many stories about it."

Alice asked the hatter to carry a thick stack of books.

"In Akkadian mythology, she is the embodiment of storms and disasters, the Lady of the South Wind, the evil god who harms children, and the nightmare of the night.

In Jewish literature, she is Adam's wife and curser, offering to the demons of the sea of blood.

In Michelangelo's Genesis, she is the serpent of original sin, the beginning of lustful thoughts.

According to Benedictine missionaries, she is the demon of fallen hell and the progenitor of vampires.

Since the dawn of Judaism, both in doctrine and literature, there have been references to this monster of the night, the night god of Eden in those testimonies. ”

"Originating from a vassal of a belief and doctrine, through folk tales and legends, gradually enriching the creation of a god image, creating one, or even multiple ghosts and gods with the same name and different abilities to anchor"

Hans Christian Andersen rubbed his cane.

"It's a lot like that, isn't it?"

Everyone present nodded, only Su Qi was a little confused, not knowing which "that" they were talking about, and looked at Mr. Andersen.

Hans Christian Andersen smiled and said:

"It's a vampire."

Bloodsucker.

This etymology originated in Slavic folklore in Eastern Europe.

But its prototype and history can also be traced upwards, Hebrew civilization, ancient Roman civilization, ancient Chinese civilization all have blood-sucking monsters, haunted in the Bible, the Dead Sea Documents, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas

Even more primitive, there is no written age.

The barbarian Ru Mao drinks blood, totemic beliefs, and there is a natural blood worship for blood and meat, which is both self-possession and food.

The best way to understand it is the custom of "human sacrifice" in primitive societies, where people want to eat animal flesh, and gods, who are more omnipotent than humans, want to eat human flesh, a simple recursive logic.

Although with the development of civilization, no one believes in these absurd logics, it is still active in folk tales as legends.

Vampires evolved from this ancient cult of blood, and gradually complicated their definition.

This is going back to ancient times.

The vampire is a primitive totem, a demon in the propaganda tools of the church, a man who blames the blame for the Black Death, and a symbol of fragmentation.

But if it comes to after the Enlightenment.

Literary works, which give vampires a more concrete anchor, are reborn again.

Byron's vampires gave the group a "romantic" and "noble" character.

The appearance of Dracula has finalized a specific anchor owner.

Vampires rode the rise of the Hollywood film industry because of "Dracula", and they were once very prosperous.

It has truly left its footprints in history.

Vampire, immortal, immortal

This is a fantasy inherited from the cult of blood, and at the same time, in the process of industrialization, it has found its own position and imprinted its own symbol.

"Vampires, definitely enough to be called the mysterious scale of the previous era, but this mysterious anchor is very fragmented, because there are too many so-called ancestors, Dracula, Cain, Judas"

Ms. Yamaruzod flicked her nails.

"We still don't know whether the anchor of this mysterious convergence formed ghosts and gods, or created transcendent beings, or whether the holder died and became the original owner.

If it is the original owner, has it been in the hands of anyone, has it reached the level of transcendence, however, it is not uncommon for active vampire groups in London to be seen, and this is up to the professionals"

Shan Ruzod motioned to Oliver, who took over.

"There were quite a few vampire organizations active in London in the past few years, and I led the branch there to destroy more than 30 of them, and I have seen some of their methods."

Oliver spread out the photos in the profile.

"It's very similar, they all use life, blood, organs, ** as a medium to carry out a ritual of longing for eternal life, transform themselves into the image of the vampire in the story, and gain a longer life."

Su Qi listened to Oliver's words and said:

In other words, it is a mystical ritual of vampire mode, borrowed from the concept of blood worship to achieve immortality. Those who participate in the organ case will eventually gradually get closer to eternal life with the ritual."

"They won't, the anchor of this ritual can only point to one person, and this person is likely to be the instigator behind it, the mastermind of this ritual."

"But, how did he do it, how did he instigate so many ordinary people to commit murders"

"In the mystery of vampires, there is a concept called the first embrace, which transforms people into their own kind, so that they are automatically assigned to the camp and become accomplices."

"It's an astonishing set of mysterious logic."

Su Qi couldn't help but sigh.

The mystery of this vampire he heard today is the most elaborate and detailed mystery in the mystery he has come into contact with so far.

To build a mystery is to make a set of rules.

If the rules formulated are thrown into this world, and this era is practiced, it will have the best adaptability, the widest dissemination, and the most favorable logic, and it will slowly precipitate into the truth.

Vampire mystery is almost such a near-perfect mystery rule, if I have to say flaws, it is probably because this mysterious split is so powerful, there is no centralized beneficiary.

If it weren't for such a division, the vampire mystery would inevitably carry a transcendent person.

The organ case that is happening in Tokyo right now is an imitation of such a mysterious rule, and perhaps even the use of this mysterious rule.

"Can we deduce the true purpose of the instigators, whether they want to use this ritual to harvest anchors or to create ghosts?"

Green said.

Oliver turned to look at Alice and Dorothy.

This decision is crucial and has a bearing on the direction of the Black Gate's next move.

"Ghosts."

"Ghosts."

"Of course it's a ghost, the words of the ritual are too specific, and he wants to create a ghost in Tokyo."

Dorothy said.

Hans Christian Andersen rubbed his cane for a while and said:

"What about motivation?"

"We can't speculate on the motive for these clues, so we can only check it first according to this idea, and then look for possible motives."

Director Alice shook her head.

"Alright, the next task is to stop the further initial embrace from spreading more people and find the instigator."